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    GZIP will generally compress better than LZO though slower.
    For some setups, better compression may be preferred.
    Java will use java's GZIP unless the native Hadoop libs are
    available on the CLASSPATH; in this case it will use native
    compressors instead (If the native libs are NOT present,
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